AER is not a favourite for this year’s Wolfson Economics Prize

7 Responses to AER is not a favourite for this year’s Wolfson Economics Prize

1. and says:

   21 July, 2023 at 9:58 pm

   Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
2. Lee says:

   21 July, 2023 at 10:09 pm

   As we used to say when I was a schoolboy back in the seventies, “well, der.”

   Obvious to everyone except our politicians.

   Where are Greens like Bandt on this?

   They are always banging on about the cost of living and allegedly have a social conscience.
3. C.L. says:

   21 July, 2023 at 10:21 pm

   In related news, the federal government has accidentally peppered the entire country with Chinese spying relays:

   Australia’s fast-growing solar energy grid is being dominated by Chinese firms with links to the Chinese Communist Party, raising fears of the potential for ­Beijing to sabotage, surveil or disrupt solar energy supplies.

   The country’s solar grid is increasingly reliant on “smart inverters” to convert energy from rooftop solar panels into usable electricity for homes and businesses. But new research shows Chinese companies dominate 58 per cent of the Australian inverter market, making the devices, which are internet-connected and can be remotely controlled, potentially vulnerable to any Chinese attempt to target the solar electricity grid.

   Under China’s national intelligence laws, the companies supplying these solar inverters could be ordered by Beijing to sabotage, surveil or disrupt power supplies to Australian homes, companies or government.

   In The Australian
4. NFA says:

   21 July, 2023 at 11:17 pm

   C.L. says:
   21 July, 2023 at 10:21 pm

   In related news, the federal government has accidentally peppered the entire country with Chinese spying relays:

   ROFL
5. Mantaray says:

   22 July, 2023 at 1:41 pm

   C.L. The Chinese spies and ready-militias are everywhere in Australia, and all around the world.

   Any Chinese citizen allowed out (for any reason whatsoever) is vetted, and found to be politically reliable. Loyalty to the party is a must. A willingness to follow orders is a must. Leverage via family members staying in China is a must.

   When every member of the ready-militia is ordered to kill 10 round-eyes apiece, what will the coppers and ASIO etc do then? Taser them front and back in the hope they go down like a 95 year old dame on a walker?

   Anyone finding this far-fetched could consider earlier examples of totalitarian regimes. Whereby escape or surprise defection (not always a surprise I suspect) was the way out: not going abroad to study or work for a while, FFS!
6. Tel says:

   22 July, 2023 at 3:47 pm

   … the federal government has accidentally peppered the entire country with Chinese spying relays …

   No way could China possibly screw up our electricity supply worse than what we have done to ourselves.

   That said, prolly wouldn’t hurt to encourage some home-grown industries when it comes to power control systems. One of the problems is that regulatory complexity is huge, and for a local company to achieve compliance means they have spent tens of millions before shipping a single unit. This gives the advantage to anyone with deep pockets and the ability to amortize over very large orders. Our legal system is designed to make it more difficult to produce anything in our own country … Australians have adapted to this and largely given up trying.
7. C.L. says:

   22 July, 2023 at 4:40 pm

   Tel, Tel…

   The gubament itself can step in… by creating the Australian Solar Inverter Corporation. Its units will have the added advantage of being the ‘cheapest’ inverters ever.